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Reddit owes its moderators more than an updated hate speech policy | The Verge
by Casey Newton
July 2, 2020
If they’re getting regular death threats, don’t they deserve to be paid? Should Reddit pay its volunteer moderators? The thought…
What if Facebook can’t be fixed? | VentureBeat
by Chris O'Brien
July 1, 2020
Facing the biggest boycott threat in Facebook’s history, the social networking company is under growing pressure to address the harassment,…
Public Safety and Disinformation | Georgetown Law Technology Review
by Karen Kornbluh & Eli Weiner
July 1, 2020
Too often, combatting public safety and disinformation on the Internet is presented as a false choice between continuing to allow…
Kyrgyzstan’s not so “wonderful” anti-disinformation law | openDemocracy
by Christopher Schwartz
July 1, 2020
Late on the night of Thursday, 26 June, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament passed a controversial anti-disinformation law. This occurred despite enormous grassroots…
Social Media Impacts on Conflict Dynamics: A Synthesis of Ten Case Studies & a Peacebuilding Plan for Tech | Toda Peace Institute
by Toda Peace Institute
May 11, 2020
In 2019, the Toda Peace Institute’s research programme on “Social Media, Technology and Peacebuilding” published a series of policy briefs…
Britain sets up team to tackle coronavirus disinformation | Reuters
by Kylie MacLellan
March 10, 2020
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government said on Monday it had set up a team to tackle “interference and disinformation”…
Cross-Whitehall unit set up to counter false coronavirus claims | World news | The Guardian
by Dan Sabbagh
March 9, 2020
A special cross-Whitehall unit has been set up to counter coronavirus-related disinformation, including from Russia and China, working closely with…
Overcoming Disinformation Operations | The Day One Project
by Dipayan Ghosh
January 24, 2020
Internet-based disinformation operations have infiltrated the universe of political communications in the United States. American politics and elections carry major…
I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Why I Left. | Medium
by Ross LaJeunesse
January 3, 2020
When I walked out the door on my last day as Google’s Head of International Relations, I couldn’t help but…